Are offenses allowed to throw the ball past the first down marker? PSU doesn't seem to have that in the playbook.
They didn’t let Smolik throw, so who knows what he can do.
If Kraft didn't have a commitment from a big name prior to firing Franklin, he is set up for failure. You don't make that move 30-minutes prior to a team meeting in mid-October unless the plan is place. Otherwise, it's fire and hope. Oh, and watch a whole lot of coaches get extensions.
Considering Grunk had zero meaningful snaps before today I didn’t think he was horrible. His first start was on the road at Iowa with only a week of prep. He looked panicked at times but he was stepping into his throws and wasn’t afraid to let it fly. I wouldn’t say I’m confident but he deserves at least a few starts. Maybe even longer if they keep pulling him off the mf field every few plays for the backup.
Well let both Grunk & Smolick go in the portal and bring in two quality college football QB’s then
He sucks too but giving up 266 yards to this **** team on the road is reason they lost. Same with ucla.
He’s not very good, but we’ve been in a position to win every game if the defense would step up and get a stop or two. That’s why you pay a DC $3 million…..Knowles has been absolutely awful.
Of course, we were always going to hit the portal after this season--even more obvious once Franklin was gone
Since we won’t be spending it all on returning players, we should have plenty.
Both have been absolutely awful. STs put up a TD today and our offense handed points to Iowa
Whatever it costs--money is no object in all honesty
He got hit hard once and now is probably out for the year, Soft.
Should have a pretty good amount since no returning star player should be coming back. It will be a total remake of a roster.
God awful, How can you have no pass rush but let the Qb run straight up the middle for big gains.
I didn't have a problem with Smolik playing but I thought he'd eventually throw a pass from a run look. Having him go in simply to hand the ball off was kind of a head scratcher.
That's the scary part for me when we're trying to attract a top-notch coach.
Agree. I don't get the Grunk gripes. I didn't expect him, as a redshirt freshman, to come into his first career start and look like a Heisman winner. A real game is faster than practice. He made a couple throws that Drew wouldn't have made, IMHO. Some dumb play calling didn't do him any favors. The bye week will be a good time to watch video and improve. Sure, we'll get our collective azz beat at OSU but it certainly won't be all Grunk's fault.
No one asked him to be Heisman level just a division 1 level quarterback and not lose the game with INTs. Well after a 15-28 93 yards and 2 INTs ( one setup a layup TD before halftime) I think that failed miserably. Trust me we all knew it was his first start but it wasn’t like he was going up against, Ohio State, Indiana or Oregon. I just don’t think he got it.
The pick at the end of the first half was 100% on AK
Those people need to watch the OSU QB - forget his name - he's just flat out deadly, God help us in two weeks
He played 1 game---it wasn't Ta'quan Roberson bad. It was typical--bad first start against a solid defense game.
Please tell me you aren’t trying to compare Julian Sayin to either Allar or Grunkemeyer. They will never be similar and Sayin is already further than either of those two will ever get to in their careers.
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